Ethics in the digital workplace
Digitisation and automation technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), can affect working conditions in a variety of ways and their use in the workplace raises a host of new ethical concerns.
Air Products, a US-owned supplier of gas for industrial purposes, has announced plans to close its plant in Wales, resulting in the loss of 200 jobs. The company is moving gas production operations to China and the restructuring was blamed on increasing costs and the shifting of demand to Asia.
Eurofound (2009), Air Products, Offshoring/Delocalisation in United Kingdom, factsheet number 69208, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69208.